#FACA56#FACA56

#FACA56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.142 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FACA56
RGB	rgb(250, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 65.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, 4.99, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 62.65, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% 0.0092 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.142 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2280, 63.2409, 17.7314)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FACA56 #5686FA

analogous

#FA7856 #FACA56 #D8FA56

triadic

#FACA56 #56FACA #CA56FA

tetradic

#FACA56 #56FA78 #5686FA #FA56D8

square

#FACA56 #56FA78 #5686FA #FA56D8

split-complementary

#FACA56 #56D8FA #7856FA

monochromatic

#CF9506 #F8B71B #FACA56 #FCDD91 #FEEFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FACA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#FACA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FACA56

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FACA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FACA56	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.142 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98a',
    500: '#faca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faca56;
$custom-light: #ffd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86024,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FACA56

secondary

#2A59CB

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FACA56

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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